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• Washington State’s Second Native American-Owned Pot Shop Is a Big Win for Tribal Sovereignty

  08-12-2015 23:58 via thestranger.com
  
  Budtender Sussan Lee (who is not a member of the Suquamish tribe) at Agate Dreams' grand opening yesterday in Poulsbo. TCB
  The state’s second Native American-owned pot shop, Agate Dreams, opened yesterday in a nondescript building on the Suquamish reservation. As I drove past a sign for the grave where Chief Sealth rolls over every time we say “Seattle,” I found myself wondering how big of a deal this really was, given that we’ve already got tons of retail pot shops in Wa
  
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• Indicted state auditor returns from leave

  08-12-2015 23:39
  
  Auditor Troy Kelley returned from leave as he faces federal charges for theft and money-laundering over a business he once owned. The move comes one day after some lawmakers drafted a resolution to impeach him.
  
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• On His Deathbed, My Father and I Could Agree on Only One Thing: Bach

  08-12-2015 23:13 via thestranger.com
  
  Time was running out, he would soon be dead, it was now or never. MIKE FORCE
  Four days after I learned my father had a few months to live, I visited him in his room at a nursing home on Martin Luther King Jr. Way. I will never forget it. He was in bed, I was in a chair next to his bed, and we were watching the second game in the 2009 World Series, the New York Yankees versus the Philadelphia Phillies. As usual, we had nothing of any substance to say to each other.
  After a few words about his hea
  
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• Washington’s not-so-little dirty secret

  08-12-2015 23:07
  
  Washington leads the nation when it comes to child pornography. We know how to stop it, and we're not doing it.
  
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• Uber Will Launch a New Carpooling Service in Seattle on Thursday

  08-12-2015 23:01 via thestranger.com
  
  Uber's chief advisor David Plouffe said Friday Uber's carpooling options could cut down on congestion in Seattle. Sydney Brownstone
  GeekWire reports today that Uber is planning to launch a new carpooling service in Seattle on Thursday.The new option in the Uber app, called uberHOP, will take vehicles full of people between set points during morning and evening rush hours for a $5 flat rate per ride.From GeekWire:
  Uber Seattle GM Brooke Steger told GeekWire that for now, uberHOP will operate on t
  
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• FDA fails to find E. coli in Costco chicken-salad mix

  08-12-2015 22:58
  
  Federal health officials said tests didn’t detect E. coli in a celery mix used in Costco salad linked to 19 illnesses — and a huge voluntary recall. But that’s no guarantee that the bacteria were never there.
  
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• King County OKs paid parental leave for some employees

  08-12-2015 22:49
  
  Certain King County employees will receive paid parental leave in 2016 under a pilot program approved Monday by the Metropolitan King County Council.
  
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• The Ugliest Holiday Sweater

  08-12-2015 22:45 via thestranger.com
  
  Whoa. This sweater, errrr, screen-printed sweatshirt exists.Would you wear it?darkbunnytees.comH/t to Megan Seling
  
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• Please Allow Me to Briefly Update You on Our Cat Battle With Portland

  08-12-2015 22:28 via thestranger.com
  
  Yeah, the cat battle continues. Vladimir Arndt / shutterstock.comToday, my admirable and gracious colleague, Megan Burbank, arts editor for our sister publication, the Purrtland Mercury, has posted a piece that nicely summarizes our ongoing argument about which Pacific Northwest city hosts the most cat people.Distrustful of the numbers she gleaned from her "reliable" sources, I decided to draw up a Slog poll to determine for my own damn self the number of cat people in Seattle. The Slog poll res
  
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• Local reaction to Donald Trump’s call to ban Muslims: ‘That’s what fascism is’

  08-12-2015 22:20
  
  The GOP presidential candidate’s call for a ban on Muslims entering the U.S. prompts vehement condemnation among local leaders of many faiths and political stripes.
  
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• Donald Trump Calls For, Oh Who Even Knows at This Point, Ethnic Cleansing I Guess

  08-12-2015 21:55 via thestranger.com
  
  "You call this a flag? Needs a swastika in the middle of it. Now that's a flag." Andrew Cline / Shutterstock.com
  It's gotta be a prank, right? He can't be serious. It must be Andy Kaufman, preparing to reveal himself at last. How else can you explain Trump's call to block all Muslims from entering the United States? It must be performance art.
  And yet ... that's what we've been saying about Trump every time he pulls one of these stunts. Here's the Onion headline that everyone's passing around to
  
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• Agreement from Dick Cheney to Jim McDermott: Trump is trashing American values

  08-12-2015 21:35
  
  Donald Trump kept up his demand to bar Muslims from entering the United States, likening his stand to Franklin Roosevelt’s wartime internment policies, but found his stand condemned by a range of public figures from conservative ex-Vice President Dick Cheney to liberal Seattle Congressman Jim McDermott. The Republican front runner was asked what customs policies would be in a Trump administration. “That would probably — they would say, ‘Are you Muslim?’ ” Trum
  
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• ‘We were very close to being homeless’: Young family gets new start through Hopelink

  08-12-2015 21:13
  
  Laura Vigness-Evjen said Hopelink helped her and her children avoid homelessness. The agency helps stabilize families through food, transportation, housing and energy assistance, and adult education.
  
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• Ten Songs to Listen to as We Drown in the Flood

  08-12-2015 20:18 via thestranger.com
  
  No, I'm not including "When the Levee Breaks" and get the hell outta here with "Riders on the Storm."[ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  
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• Landslide on tracks forces Amtrak to use buses north of Seattle

  08-12-2015 20:17
  
  BNSF Railway on Tuesday morning imposed a 48-hour moratorium on passenger trains between Seattle and Vancouver, B.C., due to a landslide on tracks north of Seattle.  The tracks, used by Amtrak Cascades and Empire Builder trains, are expected to reopen on Thursday, Dec. 10. Amtrak is providing alternate transportation by bus between Seattle and Vancouver for Amtrak Cascades passengers and between […]
  
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• With fines set to soar, thousands buy health coverage

  08-12-2015 20:08
  
  More than 123,000 of an expected 160,000 people have signed up for health insurance on the state exchange at a time when fines for not having coverage are set to spike.
  
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• Police investigate after man drives onto Seattle courthouse steps

  08-12-2015 20:04
  
  A man drove his truck onto the steps outside the Federal Appeals Court in Seattle on Monday night.
  
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• Police investigate after man drives onto courthouse steps in Seattle

  08-12-2015 20:04
  
  A man drove his truck onto the steps outside the Federal Appeals Court in Seattle on Monday night.
  
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• "Seattle Is America's Income Inequality Problem on Steroids"

  08-12-2015 19:50 via thestranger.com
  
  So says Manuel Pastor, Professor of Sociology and American Studies & Ethnicity at the University of Southern California. He's the author of Just Growth, and most recently Equity, Growth, and Community: What the Nation Can Learn from America's Metro Areas (which you can download here for free).Last night at the central library he gave the lecture, "2035: Moving Towards and Equitable Future," which was basically the same one he gave last year at City Hall, in which he argues for the powers of
  
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• Four New Brunch Options That Sound Great, Including Filipino Dishes and Cider Doughnuts

  08-12-2015 19:48 via thestranger.com
  
  The brunch menu at Fat's Chicken and Waffles includes biscuits and gravy and shrimp and grits.Fat'sIs Tuesday too early in the week to be thinking about brunch? Considering I laid in bed this morning for a few moments fantasizing about the weekend, briefly ignoring both my alarm and the child calling out for me from the next room, I'm going to go with no.New restaurants, of which Seattle has many, often wait a few months before adding weekend brunch service. Now that they're up and running, a sp
  
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• Heavy rain plus melting snow saturates Washington

  08-12-2015 19:27
  
  A rapidly rising freezing level in the mountains — and another round of heavy rainfall expected Tuesday afternoon — is posing an increased flood danger across Western Washington as rain melts newfallen snow into already swollen rivers.
  
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• Heavy flooding expected as rain continues and snow melts

  08-12-2015 19:27
  
  A rapidly rising freezing level in the mountains — and another round of heavy rainfall expected Tuesday afternoon — is posing an increased flood danger across Western Washington as rain melts newfallen snow into already swollen rivers.
  
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• What's in Your Dressing Room, Peter Boal?

  08-12-2015 19:17 via thestranger.com
  
  Backstage at Pacific Northwest Ballet's production of Balanchine's Nutcracker. LINDSAY THOMAS
  Wait, aren't you the artistic director? Why do you have a dressing room?
  I am actually going to be in the show the second weekend. I am going to be Drosselmeier in a few performances.
  Which one's Drosselmeier again?He's kind of like a master of ceremonies. He's the godfather of Clara, and he makes the magic happen. He gives her the nutcracker. And then he's there in her dream, making everything grow.
  Wh
  
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• Police investigating death of Seattle Central College student

  08-12-2015 19:11
  
  Police are investigating the death of Hamza Warsame, 17. He is believed to have died from injuries sustained in a fall from the roof of a Capitol Hill building, but some fellow students claim he had been beaten in a hate crime.
  
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• Man accused of killing niece, 14, arrested in South Seattle

  08-12-2015 18:47
  
  Seattle police have arrested Si Phu, a 24-year-old suspected of fatally shooting a 14-year-old girl on Sunday in Columbia City.
  
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• Skull found near Gold Bar from missing Ferndale woman

  08-12-2015 18:43
  
  A human skull found by a logger last month in the woods near Gold Bar has been identified as belonging to a Ferndale woman who disappeared in 2006, according to the Snohomish County sheriffs Office.
  
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• Officials release name of carjacking suspect

  08-12-2015 17:55
  
  The King County Medical Examiner’s office identified the carjacking suspect shot and killed in Northeast Seattle on Sunday as Raymond Azevedo.
  
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• The Morning News: Climate Activists Occupy BNSF and SPD Releases Footage of Carjacking Shooting

  08-12-2015 17:47 via thestranger.com
  
  Cynthia Linet, a Seattle Raging Granny who also once chained herself to a rocking chair to protest Arctic drilling equipment at Terminal 5, reads activists' demands to a BNSF executive over the phone. Alex Garland
  Climate Activists Occupied BNSF Offices on Monday: Forty-three climate activists staged a sit-in at BNSF's Pacific Northwest offices Monday morning to protest the proliferation of coal and oil trains on Seattle-area tracks. Raging Granny Cynthia Linet read a letter with the protesters'
  
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• Beijingers make fashion statements with masks in the smog

  08-12-2015 17:45
  
  For many Beijing residents, face masks have become a routine cold-weather accessory, along with hats and gloves.
  
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• Girl Scouts hope tech initiatives will curb membership drop

  08-12-2015 17:24
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — As the Girl Scouts’ membership continues a sharp decline, its leaders are betting on technology to reverse the trend, including a major expansion of its year-old program enabling Girl Scout cookies to be sold via mobile apps and the girls’ personalized websites. The Digital Cookie upgrade, announced on Tuesday, comes amid […]
  
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• Tunnel work will bring Highway 99 closures

  08-12-2015 17:00
  Construction will close all lanes of Highway 99 on December 18-19. Seven weeks of individual lane closures will follow in January.
  
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• Pedestrian killed by Sounder train north of Auburn

  08-12-2015 16:59
  
  A pedestrian was hit and killed Tuesday morning by a Sounder commuter train just north of Auburn.
  
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• Hosts take steps to limit carbon footprint of Paris talks

  08-12-2015 15:33
  LE BOURGET, France (AP) — Talking about cutting carbon emissions sure puts out a lot of carbon. That’s the irony of drawing in 40,000 people, including heads of state, negotiators, activists and journalists, to Paris to hash out what’s hoped will be a ground-breaking international agreement to put a brake on global warming. The last […]
  
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• Food industry pushing to thwart GMO labeling by end of year

  08-12-2015 15:32
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Food companies are mounting an aggressive year-end push to head off mandatory labeling of genetically modified foods. The food industry wants the labeling to be voluntary, and it hopes to get a provision in a massive spending bill that Republicans and Democrats want to wrap up this week. If that becomes law, […]
  
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• Gov’t survey: Fewer Americans struggle to pay medical bills

  08-12-2015 15:30
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — For the fourth straight year fewer Americans are struggling to pay medical bills, according to a major government survey released Tuesday. Most of the progress has come among low-income people and those with government coverage. The data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that the number of people in […]
  
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• Seattle’s Rainier Beach, Cleveland high schools among state’s most improved

  08-12-2015 15:02
  
  Across the state, 90 schools were recognized for their improvements in academic achievement and graduation rates.
  
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• SPD releases new details on fatal shooting of carjacker

  08-12-2015 07:46
  
  In a statement late Monday, officers offered a timeline of events from the Sunday incident, along with police “dash-cam” video.
  
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• SPD releases graphic video, new details in fatal shooting of carjacker

  08-12-2015 07:46
  
  In a statement late Monday, officers offered a timeline of events from the Sunday incident, along with police dash-cam video.
  
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• Trump tweets falsehoods about Jeff Bezos, gets invited to go for a ride

  08-12-2015 05:10
  
  Donald Trump took time out Monday from barring entry of Muslims into the U.S., and deporting undocumented Hispanic immigrants, to take an unexpected shot — series of shots — at Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, who owns The Washington Post. Donald Trump: Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos is new target of his tweets. The shots, in three consecutive tweets starting at 7:08 a.m. EST, were not accurately aimed.  Here’s what The Donald had to say: The @washingtonpost, which loses a fo
  
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• Adventure-show star charged with Alaska hunting violations

  08-12-2015 05:05
  
  Theresa Vail, 25, the star of “Limitless with Theresa Vail,” is charged with killing a grizzly bear in May without possessing a state bear tag for the animal.
  
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• Sheltering homeless families: Time to do something smart with your phone

  08-12-2015 04:29
  
  No Child Sleeps Outside, a crowdfunding campaign started by the family that owns Dick’s Drive-In, benefits Mary’s Place shelter and helps keep families with children off the streets.
  
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• Comcast sweetens cable franchise offer; Seattle council delays vote

  08-12-2015 04:00
  
  Seattle officials, who had balked when they saw the contract terms Philadelphia received, say they won additional community benefits from Comcast in weekend negotiations.
  
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• Autumn turns to Winterfest

  08-12-2015 03:56
  A young skater turns a corner on the rink at Seattle Center’s Winterfest. The annual festival includes a variety of December activities.
  
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• Microsoft’s Nadella gives Seattle kids a hand with coding

  08-12-2015 03:49
  
  Microsof CEO Satya Nadella, in an event to mark Computer Science Education Week, helped some Seattle fourth-graders work out a coding problem in an Hour of Coding tutorial.
  
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• Confronted by a young challenger, can Rep. Jim McDermott still get into Beast Mode?

  08-12-2015 03:45
  
  In his days as a traveling State Dept. psychologist in Africa, U.S. Rep. Jim McDermott doubtless witnessed a dangerous-when-challenged, unpredictable beast the water buffalo. The water buffalo is one model for a veteran U.S. politician, accustomed to easy reelection, suddenly facing challenge from an up-and-comer.  A primordial sense of turf takes over, all skills learned over the years are brought to bear,  and the fight is ruthless and to the finish. The other model is, perhaps, that
  
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• Savage Love Letter of the Day: My Brother's Business

  08-12-2015 02:31 via thestranger.com
  
  You've help put a lot of things into perspective. I wanted to discuss with you my current and convoluted situation to see if you have any sage wisdom to impart to me.
  I helped open a business with my brother some eight odd years ago. Though we've always been relatively close despite our five year age difference (him older), our sibling dynamic inevitably came to a head by working so closely with one another and so I left three or so years ago. I left for several reasons, one which was the fact t
  
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• Industrial greenhouse gases may have peaked, data suggest

  08-12-2015 02:01
  
  The decline of 0.6 percent projected for this year, should it come to pass, would be highly unusual at a time when the global economy is growing.
  
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• Malaysian men charged with smuggling wildlife into Oregon

  08-12-2015 01:53
  
  Wildlife agents in Portland arrested two Malaysian men Friday for allegedly using mail parcels to smuggle illegal wildlife parts, including orangutan skulls, into the United States.
  
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• Another Day, Another Non-Binding Resolution About How Much the City Cares About Gender Pay Equity

  08-12-2015 01:32 via thestranger.com
  
  Seattle City Council Member Jean Godden has shifted her focus to gender pay equity in the private sector. City of Seattle
  Today, the Seattle City Council approved a non-binding resolution "re-affirming the city’s commitment to gender pay equity" and supporting a program called "100% Talent." That program, backed by the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and the advocacy group the Women's Funding Alliance, will encourage private sector businesses to reduce pay disparities in their own
  
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• Ijeoma Oluo Was Right. Spike Lee's Chi-Raq is Insultingly Bad. Why Are Other Critics Failing To Say So?

  08-12-2015 00:52 via thestranger.com
  
  These fine ladies are getting ready to change the world with their panocha power. Amazon StudiosSpike Lee's new movie Chi-Raq has received a lot of positive reviews. The Washington Post (which is owned by Jeff Bezos, the man who also owns the company, Amazon Studio, that produced the film) called it "a bit of a masterpiece." New York Magazine's Vulture thought it might actually "be the best ever" movie by the director. Even one of the best film critics in the US, the New York Times's Manohla Dar
  
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